Structure of buildings



(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 1. M HELLINGER STRUCTURE OF BUILDINGS.

Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

(No Model.) 2 Sheets-Sheet 2. M. HELLINGER.

STRUCTURE OF BUILDINGS. No. 442,375. Patented Dec. 9, 1890.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

MORITZ lIELLlNGER, OF UNTERSACHSENFELI), GERMANY.

STRUCTURE OF BUILDINGS.

SPECIFICATION forming part of Letters Patent No. 442,375, dated December 9, 1890.

Application filed May 15, 1890.

To all when). it may concern.-

Be it known that I, honlrz HELLINGER, of the city of Untersachsenfeld, in the Kingdom of Saxony and German Empire, have invented a certain new and useful Improvement in the Structure of Buildings, of which the following is a specification, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, and to the letters of reference marked thereon.

This invention relates to a wall for buildings, composed of plates which are fastened together by means of nails or other similar fastenin gs and capable of being readily taken apart, transported, and re-erected.

The objects of this invention are to provide a wall of this character which will afford a rigid self-supporting structure without the use of the frame-work ordinarily employed in this class of buildings, and at the same time to provide air-spaces in the wall.

In the accompanying drawings, forming part of this specification, Figure l is a pcr spective view of double walls partly broken away and constructed in accordance with my present invention. Fig. 2 is a front view of such wall. Fig. 3 is a vertical transverse section of Fig. 2 on the line 50 a"; and Figs. 4, 5, and 6 are detail views illustrating in horizontal section and on an enlarged scale certain modes of connecting the single walls with each other to form the said double or multiple walls.

Similar letters of reference indicate corresponding parts in the different figures.

This improved wall is what is known as a double or multiple wall, being composed of two or more single walls A and B or A, B, and A. These are connected by blocks a b. Each of the single walls is composed of rectangular plates arranged in horizontal series one above the other, the vertical joints of each series being broken by the plates of the adjacent series. The plates of one wall are also so arranged as to break joint with the plates of the other wall. To this end the plates of the lower row or series of one of the single walls, as B, Fig. 1, is about half the height of the other plates. The blocks a are disposed in horizontal series and the blocks 1) are also disposed in horizontal series in alternation with the series a. Each of the blocks a con- Serial No. 351,899- (No model.)

nects three plates of the wall A, and the inner ends of some of said blocks are opposite the centers of the plates of the inner wall B, and others of said blocks a connect adjacent ends of plates of said inner wall. The blocks 1) are in a similar manner connected at their inner ends to three plates of the wall B and at their outer ends are connected to one or two plates of the wall A. The plates are preferably composed of magnesian material, and the blocks may be composed of similar or other suitable material, such as wood. The ends of the plates may be rabbeted, so as to interlock.

In the triple wall shown in Fig. 5 the interposed blocks between the outermost and middle single walls are disposed opposite spaces between the innermost and middle single walls, and vice versa.

A triple wall is shown in Fig. 6, in which the interposed blocks are disposed opposite each other. The plates are nailed, screwed, or otherwise similarly fastened to the blocks. The plates used may by preference have a thickness of, say, one-half to one inch, a length of three to five feet, and a width of about three feet; but these dimensions may be changed according to circumstances and play no essential part.

Buildings constructed with this improved wall containing insulated air-spaces will be relatively fire-proof as compared with wooden or other similar buildings heretofore constructed with a view to permit a ready construction and (lisconnection of parts.

I claim as my inventionand blocks interposed between them, each of said single walls being composed of plates fasten ed to said blocks and arranged to break joint with the plates of the same wall and the plates of the adjacent wall, substantially as described.

In testimony whereof I have signed my name to this specification in the presence of two subscribing witnesses.

HORITZ HELLIXGER.

\Vitnesses:

ROBERT R. SCHMIDT,

ERNST SEIPEL.

A wall composed of two or more single walls 

